Gordon Pirie, 1955 - BBC's weakest SPOTY winners: in pictures

Gordon Pirie: AthleticsWon the award: 1955Feat: Beat Emil Zatopek
The British middle-distance runner won the second ever award dished out by
the BBC one year before coming second in the Olympic 5,000 metres and three
years before his bronze at the Europeans. While Piriedidbeat
Emil Zatopek the year of his award, the Yorkshireman was fortunate to have
met the Czechoslovakian as the triple-Olympic gold medallist neared the end
of his career.